1979 Harley-Davidson FXS Low Rider - 2-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article

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1979 Harley-Davidson FXS Low Rider - 2-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article
Original, Vintage Magazine article
Page Size: Approx. 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm) each page
Condition: Good
____MIN|-TEST HARLEY-DAVIDSON FXS
LOW RIDER
Not Just a Custom
Special From the
Factory, but a Custom
Special Inspired by
You. . . and That’s What
Makes the Difference
Classics develop over a period of
time. Rarely is anything, be it art.
music, or even mechanical splendor,
promoted to classical status during its
lifetime. For example, struggling mu-
sicians in Greenwich Village, singing
calypso to the expresso co flee crowd,
forever seek popular acclaim for their
music and thus a modicum of classic
approval. So do brush-waving painters
and rock-chipping sculptors. Al-
though a select few of these artisans
will achieve success—some even to
creating classics for a later time—most
must admit their destiny is to struggle
without real reward.
In our sport of motorcycling, a
close-knit society of two-wheel freaks
and enthusiasts, classics are generally
thought of as older bikes. Machines
from another era: Harley-Davidson
eight-valve racers from 1917. Brough-
Superiors. Norton Manxes and Vin-
cent Black Shadows. But a bike born
in the 1970s a classic? Hardly. Except
for the FXS Low Rider.
You can talk about your Ducati
Desmo Sport, or your Laverda triple,
or even your Honda CBX, but they can
hardly be termed classics. At least not
now. Like major league baseball play-
ers seeking the Hall of Fame, they
must put in their playing time, then
wait to be voted to this elitist group.
But the Low Rider, well, that is
another story. You see. the bike elicits
attention from every sect of biking
(not to mention some from outside our
56 CUSTOM BIKE/FEBRUARY 1979
Not Just a Custom
Special From the
Factory, but a Custom
Special Inspired by
You. . . and That’s What
Makes the Difference
Classics develop over a period of
time. Rarely is anything, be it art.
music, or even mechanical splendor,
promoted to classical status during its
lifetime. For example, struggling mu-
sicians in Greenwich Village, singing
calypso to the expresso coffee crowd,
forever seek popular acclaim for their
music and thus a modicum of classic
approval. So do brush-waving painters
and rock-chipping sculptors. Al-
though a select few of these artisans
will achieve success—some even to
creating classics for a later time—most
must admit their destiny is to struggle
without real reward.
In our sport of motorcycling, a
close-knit society of two-wheel freaks
and enthusiasts, classics are generally
thought of as older bikes. Machines
from another era; Harley-Davidson
eight-valve racers from 1917. Brough-
Superiors, Norton Manxes and Vin-
cent Black Shadows. But a bike born
in the 1970s a classic? Hardly. Except
for the FXS Low Rider.
You can talk about your Ducati
Desmo Sport, or your Laverda triple,
or even your Honda CBX. but they can
hardly be termed classics. At least not
now. Like major league baseball play-
ers seeking the Hall of Fame, they
must put in their playing time, then
wait to be voted to this elitist group.
But the Low Rider, well, that is
another story. You see. the bike elicits
attention from every sect of biking
(not to mention some from outside our
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